Wheel.



M. LCHMN, WEEL, APPLIGATION Hasn Men. so.

Hummm at New York,

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following specification, lowing drawing separate parts `of ignated by suitable reference charactersjin A ation of forming` the inner part of the thus formed are bent Mannion Leoni/LAN, 'or NEw YORK, N. Y.. AssIeNon'm'j-wnrnnn STEEL WHEEL COMPANY, 0F NEW YORK,

N. Y., A CORPORATION' or NEW vomi.

appncationiedaprnao,1909. seiia1No.49a,1o7.

To all whom 'it may concern:

Be it known thatiI, MAURICE LACHMAN, a citizen of the United States, and residing in -the county of New York and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements `in Wheels, of which the following is a 'speciication, such as will enable thoseskilled in4 the art to which it appertain's to makeand use the same. Y-

' This invention relates to vehicle wheels, and particularly to wheels designed for use on what is known as gocarts, perambulators and other light vehicles; and the object thereof is to provide a wheel of this class which Vis composed entirely of metaly and which will be strong and durable and with this and other objects in viewv the invention consists in a vwheel constructed as hereinafter described and claimed. The invention is fully disclosed in, the of which the folforms a part, in which the my improvementr are deseach of the views, and in which Figure 1 is a side view of the wheel made according to my invention,,partof the-,construction being broken away. `Fig.' 2 esectional view thereof looking tion of the varrow2 of Fig. 1, and Fig.

3 a view showingf'av blank employed in form-V isfcemposediof The body of the, hub L? two .similar tubular innerl closed by sleeve al, and' theV inner members aof the hub are formed from blanks a shown in Fig. 3, two-of said blanks-being employed in forming the said innernienr ber of the hub and spokes a3. b

u theV blanks a8. are slitted longitudinally at one end as' shown at to form the spokes a3, which are stamped to form longitudinal grooves alf in the inner sides thereof which give additional strength thereto. After the blanks a8 have` been slitted lon itudinally to form the parts al" the said lanks are 'the disks or washers in the direc V la. groove afadaptedf tores4 with the opemng'v t` rou'h thehub and celve an ordinaryelastic tire.

a, and the parts am f or washersb are also provided and washersor disksfb are slipped on` over the end yportions,thereof onto the central tubular portions thereof, and .the tubular end portions thereof are connected by the sleeve Va7 welded thereto afterl which the spokes forming members am' are bent to form the vspokes as, said spokes forming members havin beenlirst ooved longitudinally as herein eforedesc'ri ed.

Instead of following the above described process of assembling the parts o, a1 and b the spokes forming members a1 of the blanks as may be first grooved and 4one of b may` be placed in position on one of the hubmembers sleeve a' may Athen be lplaced on said part of the hub, and the 'other part as inserted into said sleeve, after thev corresponding vdisk or washer b has been placed fid'ea longitudine-iw" 'iiititubuiar forms `which 'is pressed' thereon .and

a, the i of the hub I thereon, and said lsleeve and ldisks or washers may be welded together and to central hub membersaf.- y i The rirnf` 4 is provided at predetermined intervals-"with'inwardly directed lugs 051.2 which" arestamped from the material of s aid rimas is-clearly indicated in the drawing;v endl-'iii .the l`process of forming the wheel tl'lelslpokes,a3Y are bent into thep'os'ition s howninyFi .Q fandthe ends thereof are welded to-Lgsai lugsha The *outer-'hub disks'orwashers c are also tle'sedisk'spr washers arey similar/.tothe corresponding inner disks orA empio fediz'and 'washersjh',janditlie. or lwashers o are through which the spind e or axlevof the wheel passes, said spindle or axle being-,not shown.' The disks or washers b are rovided' at their perimeter with` inward y 'directed flanges b2 inwardly directed Han flanges arel providedat t c? lwhich` correspond with recessesd-through which the inner'ends ofthe spokes t3 pass andl at this lpoint said spokes o are flat or ae not grooyedjlongi tudinally, as they are b tween the ri rn aiand the said disks or washers!) and c, which form the end portions'of the hub a2. The disks in their outer faceswith an annular groove b3, and the ydisks or washers c are provided intheir lso ` rinly togetherl and are welded together and to the spokes as; and this construction, as will be seen, forms a substantial and strong Wheel, and one the separate parts of which will not work loose or become disconnected,A and by means of my ilnl'irovement I pro` vide a wheel of the class specified which posal niaxnniun otstrength with a minimum ot` weight; and various changes and 'modifications of the construction herein delscribed may be made, witlnn the scope of the appended claims, without departing from the spirit of my invention or sacrificing its advantages.

Having fully described my invention what l claim new and desire to secure by- Let. ters Patent, is

l. A metal wheel composed of a hub, a rim, and spokes eoiinecting said hnb and rim, said hub being composed of two tnbu 'lar members on which is placed a sleeve by which said members are connected, said-tubular members being provided at their outer ends with integral spokes the outer ends ofwhich are .secured to the rnn, the inner ends 2. In a Wheel, a hub formed from two blanks folded longitudinally into tubular form and inclosed by a sleeve secured thereto the outer end portions of saidblanks-being slit-longitudinally to form the spokesvof the wheel, and the inner ortions of said spokes adjacent to said hu by annular disks ler Washers which are secured thereto and to said hub.'-

In a Wheel, a hub formed from two blanks folded longitudinally into tubular form and linelosed by a sleeve secured theretothe outer end portions of said blankslvbe ing slit longitudinally to form the sokes ot the wheel, and the inner portions o said spokes adjacent to said hub being inclosed by annular disks or washers which are, se.-V

cured thereto' and to said hub, and the outer end portions of the spokes being secured to of the wheel being welded together.

being inclosed 1 lthe rim by weldingand all' the' other parts In testimony that I'elaim the foregoing as my invention I have signed `my name in presence of the subser1b1ng Wltnesses this 27th day of April 1909.

MAURICE Laer-umn.

Witnesses BEGIN-ALD HAWLEY` J. W. CORRIGAN. 

